Air Guard Girls In South Africa 1940

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Full title reads: "Air Guard Girls In South Africa."

South Africa.

VS of South African WAAFs (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) loading their kit bags into lorry and climbing into the lorry, they kiss their recruiting sergeant goodbye before boarding the lorry.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21176
Sort Number:
40/084
Time in/Out:
01:57:39:00 / 01:58:39:00
Canister:
40/84
Film ID:
1057.52
Issue Date:
17/10/1940

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